5→9 From Five to Nine

Japanese TV drama series

Romance
Comedy

Starring

Satomi Ishihara
Tomohisa Yamashita

Ending theme"Christmas Song" by Back NumberCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of episodes10ProductionProducers

Hiroyuki Gotō
Ayaka Kinjō

Running timeMondays at 21:00 to 21:54 (JST)Original releaseNetworkFuji TVRelease12 October (2015-10-12) –
14 December 2015 (2015-12-14)

5-ji Kara 9-ji Made: Watashi ni Koi Shita Obōsan (5→9（5時から9時まで）〜私に恋したお坊さん〜) is a 2015 Fuji TV Japanese television drama series starring Satomi Ishihara and Tomohisa Yamashita.^[1] The drama is based on the manga series From Five to Nine by Miki Aihara.^[2] It aired from 12 October 2015 to 14 December 2015 with a total of 10 episodes. The first episode received a viewership rating of 12.6% in the Kantō region.^[3]

Plot

Junko Sakuraba (Satomi Ishihara) is a 29-year-old English teacher who dreams of working in New York. One day, she causes an embarrassing accident resulting in her encountering a handsome Buddhist priest during a funeral service at a temple. Hoping to never see him again, she is later deceived by her family and forced to go to a matchmaking session. The other party is none other than that priest, Takane Hoshikawa (Tomohisa Yamashita).

Cast

Satomi Ishihara as Junko Sakuraba
Tomohisa Yamashita as Takane Hoshikawa
Yuki Furukawa as Satoshi Mishima
Saeko as Masako Mōri
Rin Takanashi as Momoe Yamabuchi
Mokomichi Hayami as Arthur Kimura (Arthur Lange in manga)
Miyu Yoshimoto as Kaori Ashikaga
Jun Shison as Amane Hoshikawa
Mariko Kaga as Hibari Hoshikawa
Kokoro Terada as Sankyu Naha

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Viewers (%)^[4]
1	"ありえないプロポーズ!?"	Shin Hirano	12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)	12.6
2	"あなたじゃないとダメなんです!私は絶対に離れない"	Shin Hirano	19 October 2015 (2015-10-19)	12.1
3	"あなたを好きになることは一生絶対にありません!"	Shin Hirano	26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)	10.7
4	"大波乱!!一触即発の四角関係!!禁断の秘密、バレる"	Masaki Tanimura	2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)	11.6
5	"イケナイ一夜!?大波乱の四角関係に禁断のジエンド"	Hideyuki Aizawa	9 November 2015 (2015-11-09)	11.7
6	"ハッピーウェディングは悪夢!?最強のライバル現る"	Shin Hirano	16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)	10.6
7	"今夜決着!負けたら終わり!ラブトーナメント決勝!"	Masaki Tanimura	23 November 2015 (2015-11-23)	12.1
8	"今夜限定!二人に訪れる切なすぎるラブエピソード…"	Hideyuki Aizawa	30 November 2015 (2015-11-30)	11.4
9	"さよなら潤子さん…引き裂かれる恋、衝撃のラスト"	Shin Hirano	7 December 2015 (2015-12-07)	11.6
10	"聖なる夜に恋の奇蹟!涙、涙のラストサプライズ"	Shin Hirano	14 December 2015 (2015-12-14)	12.7

References

^ 石原さとみ、念願の月9初主演 "記録"より「記憶に残る作品に」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ 「どんな髪型でもやります」今夜放送の「5→9」で志尊淳が丸刈り姿を披露 (in Japanese). Natasha,Inc. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ 石原さとみ月9初主演「5→9」初回視聴率12.6% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ 石原さとみ月9初主演「5→9」最終回視聴率は12.7% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 14 May 2016.